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The Bridge Center of Buffalo and the
Airport Bridge Club will take part in the ACBL International Fund game at noon
today, Saturday, Feb. 1, with hand records and analysis. Winners will earn
extra points at the district level.
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The Airport Bridge Club offers extra
points at no extra charge at all of its games next week. The game Wednesday,
Feb. 5, starts at noon after a lesson at 10 a.m. from club director Bill
Finkelstein.
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The St. Catharines Sectional Tournament begins
Friday, Feb. 7, in the Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327
Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont., and continues through Sunday, Feb. 9. There
are pairs games at 1 and 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, knock-outs at 9 a.m.
Saturday and Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. For more info, click this
link.
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Congratulations to Bud Seidenberg, who won the
most master points at last weekend’s Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament in the
Main-Transit Fire Hall in Amherst. He earned 22.14 points.
Other leading local players: Donna Steffan, 18.46
points; Jay Costello, 17.48; Saleh Fetouh, 15.59; and Fred Yellen, 15.40. For complete
results, click this link.
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Tournament calendar
2020
St.
Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327
Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 7, to Sunday, Feb. 9. For info,
click this link.
Rochester Spring Sectional – Webster
Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Drive, Webster. Saturday, March 28, and Sunday,
March 29. For info, click this link.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday,
April 7, to Sunday, April 12. For more info, click this link.
Rochester
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Friday, April 17, and Saturday,
April 18.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
Friday, April 24, to Sunday, April 26.
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd.,
Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 19, to Monday, May 25. For info, click this link.
Ithaca
Sectional – Saturday, June 13, and Sunday, June 14.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community
Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 26, to Sunday,
June 28. For info, click this link.
Southwest
Ontario Regional – Bingemans Conference and Convention Centre, 425
Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 7, to Sunday, July 12.
Rochester
Summer Sectional – Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12.
Syracuse
Regional – Holiday Inn Syracuse, 441 Electronics Parkway,
Liverpool. Monday, Aug. 10, to Sunday, Aug. 16.
St.
Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St.
Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 15, and Sunday, Aug. 16.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave.,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 1, to Monday, Sept. 7.
Buffalo Fall
Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
Friday, Sept. 11, to Sunday, Sept. 13.
St.
Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327
Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Sept. 15, to Sunday, Sept. 20.
Rochester
Fall Sectional – Saturday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4.
Buffalo
Regional – Buffalo Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120
Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 20, to Sunday, Oct. 25.
Finger Lakes
Sectional – Seneca County Office Building, 1 DiPronio Drive,
Seneca Falls. Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8.
Unit 255
Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson
Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, to Sunday, Nov. 15.
2021
Cleveland
Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd.,
Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, to Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.
Buffalo
Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, to Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021.
St.
Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327
Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, to Sunday, Feb. 14,
2021.
Toronto
Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday,
March 30, 2021, to Sunday, April 4, 2021.
Buffalo
Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday,
April 16, 2021, to Sunday, April 18, 2021.
Cleveland
All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd.,
Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 25, 2021, to Monday, May 31, 2021.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community
Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 4, 2021, to
Sunday, June 6, 2021.
Southwest
Ontario Regional – Bingemans Conference and Convention Centre, 425
Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 6, 2021, to Sunday, July
11, 2021.
Rochester
Regional – RIT Inn and Conference Center, 5257 W. Henrietta
Road, Henrietta. Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, to Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021.
St.
Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St.
Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, and Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021.
Pittsburgh
Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave.,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, to Monday, Sept. 8, 2021.
Great Lakes
Sectional – Erie Bridge Center, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa.
Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, and Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021.
Buffalo Fall
Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst.
Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, to Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021.
Buffalo
Regional – Buffalo Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120
Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, to Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021.
St.
Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327
Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, to Sunday, Nov. 14,
2021.
Unit 255
Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson
Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, 2021, to Sunday, Nov. 15,
2021.
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Bridge club
websites:
Click names
for links.
The Airport
Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.
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The
Duplicate Bridge column is compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale
Anderson. The print version normally appears in the Life & Arts section in
the Saturday edition of The Buffalo News.
If it’s not in its usual place, Google “Duplicate
Bridge” plus the current Saturday date, which should bring up a link to it on buffalonews.com, the Buffalo
News website.
Sometimes the online version does not materialize on
the Buffalo News website, at least not in a timely fashion. Worse yet, columns
from previous weeks currently cannot be accessed on the News website. But all
is not lost. They are available in an appendix to Dale Anderson’s bridge blog
at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/
The online version contains unabridged scores and a
longer list of notices. Deadline for submission of scores and notices is
Tuesday night. Email danderson@buffnews.com or dahotwings@aol.com. Office
phone is (716) 849-4420.
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Now a Gold
Life Master, Dale Anderson begins the new year with more than
2,600 master points. He blogs about his quest for the next measure of
achievement, Emerald Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures
here.
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Duplicate
scores
Week of Jan. 20 to Jan. 26
Week of Jan. 20 to Jan. 26
ACBL
Sanctioned Clubs
Airport
Bridge Club Monday morning –North-south, A: Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 62.92%; B:
Judie Bailey and Dale Anderson, 55.42%; Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 54.17%;
east-west, A/B: Ed Morgan and Larry Abate, 59.17%; Paula Kotowski and Bill
Boardman, 58.75%.
Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – North-south,
A: Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 58.08%; B: Larry Abate and Ed Morgan, 53.70%; Paula
Kotowski and Bill Boardman, 53.17%; east-west, A: Linda Burroughsford and Alan
Greer, 60.17%; B: Gay Simpson and Joyce Greenspan, 57.33%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 56.92%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south,
A: Judi Marshall and Allen Beroza, 68.75%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 57.08%;
B: Mary Terrana and Marilyn Sultz, 48.33%; Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 47.50%;
east-west, A/B: Joanne LaFay and Sandi England, 70%; C: Alex Miller and Paul
Ganley, 52.08%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon – North-south,
A: Margaret Zhou and partner, 64.17%; Martha and John Welte, 63.33%; B: June
Feuerstein and Dale Anderson, 55.83%; C: Judy and Bob Kaprove, 51.67%;
east-west, A/B: Walt Olszewski and Martin Pieterse, 59.58%; C: Larry Abate and
Vic Bergsten, 51.67%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – A: Elaine
Kurasiewicz and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 59.26%; B: Linda Burroughsford and Davis
Heussler, 53.70%; Sandi England and Walt Olszewski, 52.78%; Bob Sommerstein and
Allen Beroza, 48.15%; C: Bill Boardman and Joe Rooney, 47.22%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. North-south,
A/B: Judy Zeckhauser and Rivona Ehrenreich, 64.16%; Audrey Ray and Carol Roth,
57.57%; C: Rose Ann Grimaldi and Gail Pitterman, 56.52%; east-west, A: Joanne
Nover and Agi Maisel, 59.70%; B/C: Marcia Wright and Susan Cardamone, 59.14%; Carol
Licata and Michael Metzger, 58.63%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – A: Bud Seidenberg and Fred
Yellen, 63.02%; Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 61.98%; B: Bill Rushmore and
Stan Kozlowski, 55.73%; C: Mary Ball and Art Morth, 52.60%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 999er game. North-south,
Joanne Nover and Agi Maisel, 57.44%; Vince Taeger and Joe Miranda, 57.14%;
Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 56.55%; Natalie Abramson and Marge Plumb, 52.38%;
east-west, Dorothy and Larry Soong, 64.29%; Bill Noltee and Terry Camp, 52.38%;
Carol Neuhaus and Paul Morgante, 50.60%; Margaret Zhou and Henry Porter,
48.21%.
Bridge
Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – Tova Reinhorn and Ten-Pao Lee,
75%; (tie) Terry Fraas and Cathy Majewski, Gay Simpson and Dian Petrov, 59%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – (Tie) Joe
Miranda and Sandi England, Bob and Joan Ciszak, 58.33%; Pepe Justicia-Linde and
Dave Larcom, 54.17%; John Fiegl and Paul Zittel, 50%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – Donna
Steffan and Saleh Fetouh, 60.42%; Margaret Zhou and Dian Petrov, 55.21%; Mary
Ball and Art Morth, 53.13%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Ginny Panaro
and Anne O’Connor, 62.5%; Ed Harman and Art Morth, 60.78%; Jan O’Mara and Bill
Rich, 50%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Roy Crocker
and John Lewis, 64.06%; Jim and Paula Jones, 59.38%; John and Barbara Scott,
55.56%; Sushil Amlani and Walt Olszewski, 54.17%; Jim Lanzo and Jeff Bender,
49.48%.
Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament Friday – A: John
Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 573 points; Judi Padgug and Fred Yellen, 565; B: Davis
Heussler and David Colligan, 530; John Sinclair and Ten-Pao Lee, 498; C: Jim
Lanzo and Eugene Georgini, 460.50.
Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament Saturday – A: Donna
Steffan and Bud Seidenberg, 389.50 points; B/C: Bob Sommerstein and Larry Abate,
340.
Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament Sunday – Swiss teams.
A: Bud Seidenberg, Saleh Fetouh, Jay Costello and Fred Yellen, 168 victory
points; B: Shakeel Ahmad, Manju Ceylony, Allen Beroza and Bob Sommerstein, 135
vps; C: Chip Kean, Judy Zeckhauser, Peter Patterson and Paul Zittel, 93 vps.
Other
clubs
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – George
Mayers and Marian Morber, 64%; Sam Grossman and Shirley Cassety, 59%; Joe Huber
and Chuck Heimerl, 52%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south,
Emily Wettlaufer and Dick Munschauer, 53.1%; Dottie Potembski and Jerry Stange,
51%; east-west, Ruth Jones and Bob Kaiser, 60.4%; David Reeves and Nelson
Torre, 53.1%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – Bill Rogers
and Stan Kozlowski, 67%; Lata Maheshwari and Bill Adolf, 63%; Jane and Paul
Garvey, 47%.
